Summer Offensive Game Day - Rebels and Patriots Gaming

Hosted my Napoleon Lost in Egypt game using Rebels and Patriots this morning at a game down in Olympia (WA State). They game played out very nicely with four players who play Lion Rampant quite a bit. Interestingly, they got a little "confused" with some of the rules which differ a bit between the two rule sets. The scenario had Napoleon being on his own and moving randomly with a direction die until either captured by Ottomans or rescued by French forces. After that the unit he's with cannot be shot at, but can be Attacked and taken control of by the winner of the combat. After taking possession of him, the unit has to move off the table edge they started from for a win. We played about 12 turns with Napoleon being captured by the Ottomans around turn 4 or 5, but later rescued by the French in a subsequent turn. We called the game after it was decided he would eventually make it off the French end of the table with too few Ottoman units nearby to stop this - and the other Ottoman units engaged with French forces further away.

Start of the game - we used a house rule with players rolling D6's to determine the order of activation. It adds a bit of randomness to the game play.

Ottomans and French in the center of the battlefield.

Early in the game with French and Ottomans manuevering to reach Napoleon - seen in the distance seeking shade behind a rocky outcrop.

French advancing to rescue Napoleon from the Janissaries.

Napoleon on camel - after being recovered from Ottoman troops.

French troops in Egypt trading shots with Ottomans. The red tokens are permanent Disorder markers for units at half-strength or under. All units started with 6-figures instead of the usual 12. They were give normal stats, like 12 dice for over half strength and 6 dice for half/under.

There was another Rebels and Patriots game run in the same morning session. This one was a Mexican American War game run by my buddy Kevin Smyth - A Gamer's Tale blog.

He used the same kind of mat (from Joann's Fabric) as my game, so I had to look at it closely to see it was his in the picture above.

As I was busy running my game, I really can't tell you how his game went, other than the players were having a good time too.

I didn't attend the second (afternoon) period as I got lost looking for lunch and ended up just heading back home as it would've taken too long to actually get to a place to eat and return to the venue. Oh well, it was a nice morning session and plan to host my game again next month at another game day at Fort Steilacoom. Until next time, thanks for stopping by and checking out the blog.